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Brooklyn Hess threw out a runner trying to score in the bottom of the third, then scored the eventual game-winning run in the top of the fourth as Chartiers-Houston rallied past Bristol in Monday’s PIAA Softball 2A semifianls. Bristol used a lead-off walk and a pair of singles to build a 2-0 lead in the third. With two out, Luciana Snyder singled sharply through the box. Hess charged, gloved and threw home in plenty of time to end the inning. Lauren Rush opened the Bucs’ 4th with a single. After failing to bunt twice, Aubree Randolph tripled to left center, scoring Rush. A strikeout and a pop up brought Hess to the plate. An at-bat that started hitting left-handed ended with Hess switching sides and popping up between the circle and the third-base line. A little contact between the shortstop and third baseman resulted in the ball dropping, with Randolph scoring to tie the game. Hess promptly stole second and scored on Zaylee Fonner’s base hit to give the Bucs a 3-2 lead. Bristol got the lead-off batter aboard in each of the next three innings but could not tie the game. The Warriors had scored in double digits in 22 of their 24 games but ended up stranding eight base-runners, three in the fifth inning. Three of Chartiers-Houston’s five hits came in the decisive fourth frame.  The Bucs will take on Laurel for the PIAA softball title, Friday at Nittany Lion Softball Park at Penn State. We’ll have the game on-air and online. Listen Here

Monday, June 8
PIAA Softball Quarterfinals Softball Brackets
2A Chartiers-Houston > Bristol, 3-2  Watch/Listen Here

NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his first NBA Finals win, carrying the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-111 victory that cut the New York Knicks’ lead to 2-1. The Spurs handed the Knicks their first loss in 46 days and potentially salvaged their season on Monday night in front of a Madison Square Garden crowd that included President Donald Trump. The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak, the second-longest in NBA postseason history, snapped and missed a chance to move to the brink of their first championship since 1973.

Brendan Sorsby has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA. The ruling could clear the way for him to play for Texas Tech this fall, even after the transfer quarterback was declared ineligible for wagering on college sports. Some of those bets were made on his own team while at Indiana. The ruling prevents the NCAA from being able to block Sorsby’s eligibility for what will be his final college season. The NCAA late Monday filed its notice of an accelerated appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas in Amarillo.